Bakreswar

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Settlement.name: Bakreshwar
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Bakreswar Temples and Hot spring 12.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Bakreshwar temples
Settlement.pushpin_map: India West Bengal#India#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Birbhum
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 84
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1: Bengali

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Population: 1597
Elevation: 84
Image: Bakreswar Temples and Hot spring 12.jpg
Households: 343

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male population: 833
female population: 764
illiterate population: 675
literate population: 922
Commons category: Bakreshwar

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Etymology
Geography
Location
Hot springs and temples
Bakreshwar picture gallery
Economy
Healthcare
References
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Bakreshwar is a village in Dubrajpur CD Block in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited and Bakreswar Thermal Power Plant Township are located some distance away from this town. The nearest railway station of Bakreshwar is Dubrajpur.

==Etymology== The word Bakreshwar comes from the name of Lord Shiva worshipped in the locality. Bakra (Vakra) means bent or curved. Ishwar means God. Mythologically it is said that in Satya Yuga during the marriage ceremony of Lakshmi and Narayan, Ashtavakra Muni (then known as Subrata Muni) was insulted by Indra. The muni was so enraged that he developed 8 cripples in his body (Ashtavakra Muni means a sage with 8 curved cripples, probably kyphoscoliotic). Ashtavakra Muni was blessed by lord Shiva here after many years of Tapashya (meditation). This place is also famous as one of the 51 Shakta pithas where there is a temple dedicated to Adi Shakti. This is a major pilgrimage spot for Hindus.